TUE WEST SHORE.
" gtraDger, I ha' Bummat to say to ye. Thar be
Bears thet air badges o' shame an' disgrace an' thar
Icars tbet shine like jewels m a king s diadem, an'
Xwlrn es proudly Ye km't alius jedge o' th'
tunnel by th' outer shell. I kin pint out on these
aM .nnntins a score o' ole lan' marks, whose trunks
" ' . ... .LA nf human me: , , orr ,
h ntcmna Wig w - fc twigted an 6eamea an -
I'.i. . ltaff lt k wft ' T. ,d . . hat ef ve'd look at 'em close, ye'd
' ; ' , ' nnuit chance of hawia- - , . . . . vflM .
1
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tiki i nk1 '
(Ifrurrj'l 'f
tm
. . ....t it nftontimeB
IV.a Ut IIWW Uilu ' ;,:.!
tiuit Urn and fortune.
- Hut the wy Lain of your head are all
fcurjiUr!," wid the Di
line Ttfl.r; and ho,
il.kt 1.m Ml the IWhoil
MurMiC of the dear Ka- W
th' r comtant care,
nould ever i!lit;gly 1'
without iuch evidence?
M'ftmhile
" $., !r- J Jr-1 I' T
Afc!j;u,l it ,!h a tar."
Tl. j'urc,xil
mountain air
cn in at the
open window,
f.rcMa71iutho
agin th1
see a
,,0t chug, o r h m. m, eye,dout throngll
wL.ch, in tan, , b -, f - J d M & flow . rich
.,;Armpnt and ul- tn Dam, ju u
sweeisap. stran
ger, don' pin ver
v
'ill . ..iKifl
Vv .
faith to th' outside; i
'o'th' platter. Th'
Pharisees did thet
an' ther own in-
'ards wuz rotten
: es las' gear's dung
'eap, an' no sweet
er, le' me tell ye.
Th' Nazarene hed
He sot down on 'em a
heap o' times, but they wuz like a rubber
ball, an' bounced up agin w en th pressure
wuz took off. They wuz a plaguey set; an'
vU' I n ' to SOI uowu UU GUI.
i J1IL
A-uM$f -'i i th' airth ain,t rid 011 'em yifc by a long bM
V.'K V CZ " v?rNow a dog's instinct 's wiser 'an a mans
If !
Un on tide, k
'utithLi nM W.S '
J ; n t!.e cither tat the ttoutiUineer, and the ar
t;t x:: A th" (m-lW.
" WhKt domunival l.x.k that Bear gives hie face,"
ui-l the Uit'-r, L'ldinjj Umard the, dog, "as though
th i latirAl 1. i,tn (,f ,lovil, oust out of the fierce
Mu u l.vl ir.trt nchesl themselves within his shac
U in" with ii)o)!irf ivnllo niftjoety, lifted his
llwh.vl ujK.n the iaker, from his fine
Un r, l,.k that Mid as plainly as if put in'
V)M: "A Kat!,raan qulroH demands satisfac
,.afr..:a.K,ul,Biati,L Take that back, or
i.t. a The inountA n,w.r'. r
. iacy was
-6
r reason. He'll scent th' cloven foot an'
1j forked tail quicker 'an a wink, an never
much store by thet air Zeke 0' mine. But
I kin gin ye a piece 0' his history thet '11
stagger yer faith 'bout a dividin' line twixt
instinct an' reason. Ye'll fergit all 'bout
thet scar, like we do th' humliness, 0' folks thet we
come to know an' love ; an' ye'll say, 'long wi' me,
thet not anuther dog be ekel to 'im."
He hitched his chair closer to the artist's, and his
voice, in its earnestness, took a higher key, with a
slightly nasal twang. Even the fire seemed to bright
en with expectancy, while Zeke gently wagged his
tail, and, lifting his head, looked full into the face of
his master. The mountaineer gave the dog an an
swering look, that said
" Ye kin trus' me, ole feller," and launched forth
in his canine narrative. " Es well es I kin rikollect,
et's nigh outer ten year sence I wuz superintend' a
cattle ranch down in Western Texas. The owner
wuz a English gentleman, named Brockton. He bed
a mighty fine place over thar in Yorkshire, thet wuz
called Brockton Hall. He hed bought th' ranch th'
year before, an' left it in charge uv a overseer ; but
it wuz badly managed, an' w'en he come back th' nex'
summer, he shipped 'im an' put me in his placa E
uz quite Ujf fashion them days fer th' English gentry